On Friday 23 July, the European Commission adopted a new Notice on the enforcement of State aid rules by national courts (the ‘Enforcement Notice’).
This text replaces the 2009 Notice on this issue.
Both the Commission and national courts have the competence to enforce State aid rules and good cooperation between them is essential.
In particular, national courts must take all appropriate measures, in accordance with their national law, to remedy the consequences of a breach of a Member...